Warm welcome from Opera, The Operations Club of SJMSoM, IIT Bombay.

We are pleased to invite articles for ________ 2014, March edition. ________ is a bi-annual Magazine published by Opera, which deals with contemporary business issues and challenges in the field of Operations and Supply Chain management are discussed and dissected to their core. The magazine has been appreciated by the academia and the industry stalwarts as a commendable endeavour which brings in a wider and cross functional perspective of the current and future trends in the field of Operations and Supply Chain management by corporate personnel, our students, alumni and inputs from the student community from various B-Schools across India.

We invite entries from students of all B-schools in India on one or more of the following topics 1. Evolving Cold Chain: A way to optimize Supply Chain and Operations. 2. Will logistics be benefitted from the economic upturns? 3. Impact of IT trends like Cloud Computing and Big Data on Logistics & Supply chain management. 4. Anticipatory Shipping: Is it going to be the new buzz in logistics and e-commerce? 5. Sustainable innovations in Logistics & Supply chain management.

Guidelines: 1. 2. Articles should be written individually. Format for the article: Font Calibri, Font size 11 Line spacing 1.15, Word Limit 1200 words excluding charts, graphs, tables and annexures. 3. All entries should be in .doc/.docx format. 4. An individual can contribute only one article. 5. The participating team can choose only one of the ___________ topics. 6. Any number of entries is permitted from a B-School. 7. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. The entry should be a new, original work and all the data/references used must be mentioned in the article. Any identified act of plagiarism will lead to immediate disqualification. 8. The article should not be published elsewhere before the launch of __________ 2014, March Edition. 9. All the tables and illustrations should have proper numbered title above and source at the bottom of the table / illustrations. 10. Team Opera would have the de-facto right to make modifications to the articles and use them in the future. 11. In case of any dispute, the decision of Opera will be final and binding. The best article will receive a cash prize of 1000 & and 2nd best article will get 500. Top 5 articles will receive e-certificates. Top articles will be published in _____________ 2014, March Edition. Please mail your entries to opera15@sjmsom.in with the subject and file name as: Opera_ Your Team Name_ Your Institute Name Please write your name, contact number, institute name and course details on the front page. The last date for submission of entries is 23rd Feb, 2014, 23:59:59 hours.

Grab this great opportunity to pen down your thoughts and compete with students from other top B-Schools across the country. In case of any queries, contact: Parthajit Dutta Email: parthajit.dutta@sjmsom.in Contact: 7506122606 Shreerang Kamble Email: shreerang.kamble@sjmsom.in Contact: 7506134641 Regards, Opera, The Operations Club Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay Email: opera15@sjmsom.in Web: http://www.som.iitb.ac.in/clubs/opera/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SJMSOM.OPERA